The Equity Charter was set up to tackle discrimination in the digital health sector. As its first Community of Practice event launches, co-founder Hassan Chaudhury writes that we must grasp the opportunity to take…
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Frank Hester, former chief executive and director at The Phoenix Partnership (TPP)
Frank Hester is believed to have stepped down as chief executive and resigned his role as sole director of primary care IT…
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Ayesha Rahim (right) and Victoria Betton (left) at the Equity Charter stand on the showfloor of Rewired 2025 (Credit: Jamie Cooper)
The Equity Charter was formally launched at Digital Health Rewired 2025 last week,…
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UK Biobank has “strongly” refuted claims that researchers from a ‘race science’ network accessed volunteers’ sensitive health information.
A report published in The Guardian on 17 October 2024 said that undercover footage, taken by anti-racism…
Digital Health and the Equity Charter have joined forces to tackle racism through a partnership at Rewired 2025.
Founders of the Equity Charter, which aims to combat discrimination in the sector, will formally launch its…
Digital Health chief executive Jon Hoeksma has won ‘Ally of the Year’ at the National B.A.M.E Health & Care Awards 2024.
The fifth annual awards ceremony took place at the Royal Institute of British Architects…
Jordan Sollof
Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health’s news reporter Jordan Sollof, the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector. It also…
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Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a 10-year contract extension for an electronic patient record system from TPP, worth almost £6.3 million.
The contract is described as a “collaboration” between Sussex Community alongside East…
“Racism has no place in any part of our society, including in our digital health systems,” said Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, in a statement read at the Equity…
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Amid a national reckoning with racism spurred by the COVID-19 death rate among Black Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standards for pulse oximeters – those all-too-common devices that use light to measure…
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